Middle East & Africa
Tigray Conflict Explained: Why Renewed Fighting Could Spread Across the Region
Fighting is happening in northern Ethiopia between federal troops and a rebel alliance led by Tigrayan forces. This conflict resembles the earlier civil war...
Morocco’s Fatima El Mansouri and the New China-Morocco Agenda for Women’s Empowerment
The All-China Women's Federation (ACWF), as the highest Chinese women's organization concerned with the issues of women in China and around the world, and...
The Last US Troops Have Left Iraq, and It Is Now Iran’s Launchpad
A Departure, and a Drone Launcher
On 30 September the last American troops left an air base in the Erbil region, ending the US military...
As US Troops Leave Iraq, Could Iran’s Proxies and Islamic State Gain Ground?
US forces are withdrawing from their remaining bases in Iraq, raising concerns that their departure could create a security vacuum, strengthen Iranian-backed Shi’ite militias...
US Exit From Iraq Opens a New Battle for Influence
US forces are set to leave their last bases in Iraq by Wednesday, ending more than two decades of American military presence in the...
Gaza’s Peace Plan Needs Troops. Who Is Willing to Send Them?
A peace plan can be negotiated in conference rooms. Securing it requires someone willing to stand on the ground. Gaza's post-war framework has increasingly...
Bahrain’s Warning at the UN: The Gulf Emergency the World Is Overlooking
The Gulf is the region's most serious security crisis in decades, Bahrain's Foreign Minister Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani said during his address...
Gaza’s Peace Plan Needs Troops. Who Is Willing to Send Them?
A peace plan can be negotiated in conference rooms. Securing it requires someone willing to stand on the ground. Gaza's post-war framework has increasingly...
The Kingdom With No Exit
On September 11, drones launched from Iraq struck Saudi Arabia's East West Pipeline, the 1,200 kilometer link that carries up to seven million barrels...
The Two Vacuums: Who’s Really Replacing China in Africa
On September 22, 2026, Russia's Africa Corps fired a Ukraine-war-model Molniya kamikaze drone at al-Qaeda-linked fighters besieging its position near Dioura, in Mali's Mopti...